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"At least I don't look like a dollar store tramp," there was no smirk to go with the attack. Robin was serious, not liking Bayonetta's attitude.
Staring at River as she explained her reasons, Edward's temper slowly calmed down. He still didn't understand what she was trying to do at all, but somehow it felt like she was making sense. "Fix my mind? My mind's fine! Fresh, smart, best mind in the universe, if I do say so myself. In any case, there's nothing to be fixed."@Joellie
The last few seconds Edward used to help River break free of the room were vital. She had almost passed out from holding her breath too long. Once she felt the clean hair of the hallway outside the room hit her face, she took deep breaths and coughed a few times before leaning her back against the wall. She let out a small whimper of afterwards, looking down at her burned hands and arms. Yeowch. That hurt. They were red and felt fiery to the touch. Hands shaking, she pulled them from the item she had been trying to protect.
Breathing heavy, River seemed to register what Edward was saying just as he had finished. "G-Go ahead, be angry at me all you want," she said between pants. "I don't care if you hate me for going back in that room, but it was important." She gazed at the wall behind Edward, avoiding his gaze. "I did it for yourself, you prat." She paused. "To fix your mind... this device might be able to help with that so you won't die." She glanced down at her burned hands. "Don't give me a look. I don't want you to die, all right? It was worth..." She trailed off, speaking quietly at the end, "...risking my life for."
@JoellieStaring at River as she explained her reasons, Edward's temper slowly calmed down. He still didn't understand what she was trying to do at all, but somehow it felt like she was making sense. "Fix my mind? My mind's fine! Fresh, smart, best mind in the universe, if I do say so myself. In any case, there's nothing to be fixed."
Looking at her again, he knelt down beside her and took a close look at some of her burnt skin, shaking his head. "Ugh, why did you... River, River, River..." he mumbled, rubbing his forehead. "We need to get you patched up. Quickly."
Jennifer bristles at your touch, but eventually relaxes. "Maybe, but I think we need the brooch to even get out of this place."
She opens her eyes, looking to the closet. "There." She moves to open it, taking out a stuffed teddy bear. It is colored to look like Monokuma, though Jennifer doesn't seem to notice. "Wendy helped me escape this place. She took me to the orphanage." She turns around to find Wendy at the doorway.
"I stole his key," Wendy says. "Let's go, Joshua." Whenever this was, it seems Wendy believed Jennifer was a boy named Joshua.
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Axel stood behind the group of students, listening to Monokuma drone on about the two options they head. He looked around the group, wondering what they would choose. He honestly wished he could stay on the resort, but he knew if he stayed here, he wouldn't be able to find Roxas. And her. He sighed as he stuffed his hands into his pockets, not wanting to say anything, in fear of being the only one who would make this decision.Continued from here.
CHAPTER SIX DEAD END
"A Love Suicide"
"'Let's not vote', said the boy who led the charge in taking out an innocent. 'Let's not vote', said his nosy partner, who did the very same thing. 'Let's not vote until each and every one of us is dead', is what they are actually saying. Cowards too afraid of stepping on toes. Cowards who were too dumb to figure things out!"
Monokuma sounds serious for once. "It's so disappointing. What it truly is, is giving up, don't you think? I won't tolerate such behavior! None of you are here for the purpose of giving up!"
Monokuma takes out his device. "This is why you do not give up."
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Everyone's IDs flash to life, showing--
Pretty Boy, standing amongst you in the village. You see him from above, as if a camera is hovering over him. A mechanical hand suddenly wraps around him, pulling him into the dark depths of the island...
A slot machine then appears on screen, scrolling between each and every one of you. Eventually it stops on Pretty Boy's face three times in a row. The text below says...
INNOCENT..?
Too bad... Kind of! He's a murderer, in any case!
... Monokuma is laughing.
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Pretty Boy is seen standing on a cold lonely street. Fog permeates the air, obscuring the shops and stalls nearby. Off in the distance is a striking sight-- The image of Yang. While everything else is muted and grey, you can see that she stands like a shining golden beacon.
You all remember Yang's execution, how she was baited with the image of Ruby. Certainly that's what's happening here... but who can really say? There can be no turning back. This is how it has to be. He can only go forward.
Pretty Boy takes a step, and you all hear the sound of crackling glass. The street before him is covered in glass. Broken, sharp, pointy glass. The ability to fly won't suddenly come to him, so all he can do is press forward in order to reach his precious Yang.
You're all forced to watch the agonizing seconds tick down, as Pretty Boy slowly makes his way across the endless field of glass. He's so close now, so close that he can reach out and touch her--
But no, it's Monokuma of course, wearing his accursed blonde wig. He smiles at Pretty Boy, before pushing him back into the field of glass. It all starts to slide down, the street bending in order to bring Pretty Boy and the glass down to a single point. There's nothing Pretty Boy can do as he's soon swallowed up, the street continuing to bend until--
The Ultimate Spirit is executed.
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You all look up to find a solemn group staring back at you.
"You all should thank me for ridding you of a pest," Monokuma says, stepping down from his throne. "A pest who would have continued to murder, adding to the traitors' death count! With only a single person who actually intended to vote, what you have all done is failed."
"I think it's time."
None of you probably want to follow him, but none of you have much choice but to do so. He announces it over the IDs so that even those who didn't attend the trial will now where to go.
"Come to the Ancient Ruins, where I will reveal the biggest secret of all-- Why you guys were brought here."
You all step up to the Ancient Ruins to find Monokuma standing at the entrance. He points to the modern-looking metal door. "You guys have already figured out the password to get in here-- It's 'Akibahara'. Inside are the answers you've all sought. Inside is the reason you're all here."
Monokuma holds up a paw. "You all have two choices. You can either stay here at this resort and live out your lives in luxury. Perhaps the traitors will kill you all eventually and it won't even matter, or hey, maybe you guys will wise up and get rid of them so that you can all party for the rest of your lives."
"Or. Or you step inside. It will be dangerous. It will be rough. You just might all get killed! If even a single person decides to go inside, then you all must go, no matter what."
"Make a choice, students!"
Cast List:
@Joellie as Edward Kenway (Assassin's Creed)
@Ziogen as Revya and Gig (Soul Nomad)
@Dallas as Don "Wardaddy" Collier (Fury)
@Raven as Wuya and Jack Spicer (Xiaolin Showdown)
@Nassione as Korra (The Legend of Korra)
@Xibilation as Elizabeth Swann-Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean)
@KayThePilotChapter as Hanzou Urushihara (The Devil Is A Part-Timer!)
@SirDerpingtonIV as Sandor Clegane (A Song Of Ice And Fire)
@ShadowPrime as Sting Eucliffe and Lector (Fairy Tale)
@Ryu Keiko as Axel (Kingdom Hearts)
@Mari as Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
@ShiroKiyoshi as Chung Seiker (Elsword)
@Crazy 8 Nate as Jean Kirstein (Attack on Titan)
@TheColourlessRainbow as Morrigan and Abelas Adahle (Dragon Age)
@Spartan Bennett as John-117 (Halo)
@El Presidente as Ratchet (Ratchet and Clank)
@penguin055 as Sergeant Keroro and Corporal Giroro (Seargent Frog)
@Iowan Corn as Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie Novels)
@CrossingCassie as Lucy (Elfen Lied)
@The Gil as John Constantine (Hellblazer)
@Bubba Koji as Yō Hinomura (Crying Freeman)
Eliminated:
Jennifer - MURDERED! INNOCENT! BURNED TO DEATH
Lilia Kjaernestejd - EXECUTED! INNOCENT! STABBED THROUGH THE HEART
Loki Laufeyson - DIED! INNOCENT! CRUSHED TO DEATH
Yuno Gasai - DIED! INNOCENT! CRUSHED TO DEATH
Oz and Willow Rosenburg - DIED! INNOCENT! CRUSHED TO DEATH
River Song - MURDERED! INNOCENT! THROAT SLASHED
Ruby Rose - EXECUTED! INNOCENT! IMPALED
Annabeth Chase - DIED! INNOCENT! A BLAZE OF GLORY
William "Billy" Borden - DIED! INNOCENT! A BLAZE OF GLORY
Ley von Crimson River and Rufus Wilde - DIED! INNOCENT! DEVOURED
Anastasia Saunders - DIED! INNOCENT! DEVOURED
Risa Megan Ward and Connor Lassiter - MURDERED! GUILTY! STABBED TO DEATH
Desmond Miles - DIED! INNOCENT! ZOMBIFIED
Arya Stark - EXECUTED! INNOCENT! SKEWERED
The Noob and The Engineer - MURDERED! INNOCENT! MIND-CONTROLLED
Cosmo - EXECUTED! GUILTY! IMMOLATED
Lyle Dylandy - DIED! INNOCENT! MEGAKUMA'D
Robin and Erika Furudo - MURDERED! INNOCENT! TO COSMO, WITH LOVE
Dlanor A. Knox - MURDERED! INNOCENT! ELECTROCUTED
Yang Xiao Long - EXECUTED! INNOCENT! MONODEVOURED
Zane Bowerstone - DIED! INNOCENT! SHOT TO DEATH
Adain Lee - DIED! INNOCENT! SHOT TO DEATH
Zer0 - DIED! INNOCENT! SHOT TO DEATH
D - MURDERED! INNOCENT! SPLAT
Frank Castle - DIED! INNOCENT! SUICIDE TO THE BRAIN
Natsu Dragneel - EXECUTED! GUILTY! GUILT
Funny Valentine - MURDERED! INNOCENT! THE SPIRIT WITHIN
Kirei Kotomine - MURDERED! INNOCENT! WENT UP LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY
Pretty Boy - EXECUTED! MURDERER! A LOVE SUICIDE
@BarrenThinFrank observed the scene quietly before interjecting. "Let's find the brooch." He'd try to lead Jennifer out of the room.
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Jennifer nods. Wendy takes initiative and leads you both. You all stop by the kitchen, Wendy pausing to look at the pistol the man left on the counter. She takes it without comment, and nothing you could do or say would make her give it up.
She leads you back to the Rose Garden. ""I came, just like I promised..." Wendy says. She smiles and reaches out to take Jennifer's hand. "I'm so glad... Now, we can always be together! Say, I have a favor I wanted to ask... Will you trade your teddy bear with my broach?"
Wordlessly, Jennifer nods. She hands Wendy the doll, who presents her brooch in return.
Jennifer takes the brooch. Wendy moves to hug her. "I'm so happy! ...I'll cherish him as much as I cherish you."
And then the scene changes, the Rose Garden disappearing, only to be replaced with the small confines of the Filth Room. Everyone else is here, along with Pretty Boy, who just recently arrived.
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Jennifer opens her hand to find the brooch in four pieces. She's alarmed at first, but then she nods. "There's four pieces, so four gifts." She gives them all to Frank. "Please choose for me, Frank."
She nods. "You helped me. Stayed by my side. So... I trust you."Frank actually looked surprised. "Jennifer... Are you sure?"
She considers it for a moment, but-- "No. I should stay here. I have to face my nightmares."He paused, then nodded. First, he pocketed one for himself.
Next, he gave two to Ruby and Yang.
"Don't suppose I could give the last one to you?" He looked at Jennifer.
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She considers it for a moment, but-- "No. I should stay here. I have to face my nightmares."
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Yang had left her battle stance and was surprised when she was given a piece of the brooch by Frank. . .he had given one to Ruby too. From what she had heard from Jennifer, she had to stay there instead of taking the stone. Did that mean that she and Ruby were able to leave the afterlife along with Frank and Kotomine? The blonde couldn't believe it - though she had known that River along with some others had also left this place. She had thought that after what happened with the bird, they wouldn't have been able to leave like what those who escaped had done.Pretty stands and dusts himself off, his body still stinging from the cuts, and makes his way over to the group with a small frown "So...I suppose I owe you all an appology" he mutters as he looks at them "Two of you died because of me" he says, looking to Funny and giving a nod "I hate to sound like I don't regret it, but you killed the girl I love" he says, not quite remembering that Yang is within 5 feet of his person as he says it "I couldn't exaclt let you live after that..." he turns to Frank and his eyes narrow "You took the easy way out...I see you knew what would happen" he mutters, finally looking to Kotomine as a flower was handed to him "You...if you didn't point fingers, we would get along..." he looks the three over and shakes his head "I won't act like I'm sorry for killing one of the three of you, I'm a little upset I didn't get to kill you all myself" he says with a slight growl "But...you've all died...so I suppose we're all equal now"
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@Jeremi
"My, what a pleasant turn of events. I've already gotten a free ticket to go back to the world, it seems. And right when you've approached the afterlife, Pretty Boy. Yes, perhaps we could have gotten along under better circumstances, but the law of the jungle has mercy on no one," he spoke, taking the item handed to him by Frank.
"Funny enough, this isn't even the first time I've been murdered. I really do make a habit out of resurrection, eh? God would find this blasphemous that I've failed to enter Heaven or Hell twice in a row..." Kotomine spoke, ready for whatever was to come next now that the trial was over.
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Pretty Boy nods and sighs "So...Kotomine gets to leave this time? And after he only just got here?" he chuckles a little and offers a hand to the man "Don't make the same mistake again, I might just come back from beyond the grave again myself" he had an odd kind of respect for Kotomine, whether or not he hated the man, he had some manner or respect toward him, for a reason beyond him "Who's leaving next time then?" he asks, looking to Frank
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